Monthly Archives: December 2003

slayage

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 December 09 by Anton

Thanks to a borrowed set of discs I get to see Buffy, woo hoo! only about a decade after everyone else. Noticed a funny blunder in “Teacher’s Pet”, an early episode: the bio teacher talks about ants while displaying a … Continue reading →

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protectionism

Posted on Sunday, 2003 December 07 by Anton

Rasmusen quotes Steyn: The war on terror is, in one sense, a Saudi civil war that the royal family has successfully exported to the rest of the world. The rest of the world should see that it’s repatriated.

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Jack Sprat could eat no fat

Posted on Saturday, 2003 December 06 by Anton

Me: “If I’m a bit depressed, it’s probably because I haven’t seen blue sky for a couple of days.” She: “I know, isn’t it great? Sorry.”

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Fukuyama III

Posted on Thursday, 2003 December 04 by Anton

I’ve been looking through my blog archives for major items to add to the “past rants” list on my front page [since removed, Dec’04], as well as for broken links. That activity led me again to Francis Fukuyama’s goofy screed … Continue reading →

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are you threatening me?

Posted on Thursday, 2003 December 04 by Anton

Alas, “The Complete Beavis and Butt-Head” (six DVDs) apparently includes none of the boys’ commentary on music videos. One understands the copyright problem, but gee whiz, that’s some of the best bits gone.

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sleeping arrangements

Posted on Thursday, 2003 December 04 by Anton

I’m quite pleased with my new Coleman air-mattress. It replaces one from Greatland [Target’s house brand] which was rather less like a bed than like a quicksand pit. Later: The air-mattress apparently succumbed to Fluffie’s claws as she scrambled up … Continue reading →

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other media

Posted on Monday, 2003 December 01 by Anton

This morning I watched a five-way conversation in sign language, in which two of the participants were blind: the blind ‘listener’ rests a hand loosely around one of the speaker’s hands. I was surprised at how little touch was apparently … Continue reading →

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